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Dear Editor,

I thank you for your recent article Ten films that shook the world, detailing ten very earlySoviet films, as we look towards the 100th anniversary of the Bolshevik victory over royal imposters, oppressors of the masses,and archaic forms of autocracy.

I am an arm-chair historian and am already working my way through these films, at least the ones that are easilyavailable online. Thank you, once again!

If you ever get the chance, consider viewing the Nazi propaganda films such as The Eternal Jew, and the work of LeniRiefenstahl on behalf of that insanewallpaper hanger and thelittle corporal, Herr Schicklgruber.These films, especially The Eternal Jew, are so outrageous in proclaiming every lie about the Jews.

Finally, Im out here in rural western Wisconsin, small towns mostly, so having your work andeducational phone/video conferences keeps the flame alive in my heart that once we move beyond the currentultra-right, so-called populist regime that we will one day come to realize, more and more, Bill of Rights socialism being embraced by the working class in our land.

In solidarity,

Darren Foster

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For those thinking that the French could be on the brink of a collective epiphany, you might want to hold your bets. Even if the people of France wanted a badly needed economic upgrade to bring their nanny-state system into the 21st century, theres no presidential contender willing to give it to them. Any candidate who ever tiptoes into economic reality is promptly vilified and has to maneuver to avoid criticism. And while some say that the French would never go for serious economic reforms, how are we to know if theyre never given the option?

As Ive discovered while living in France for almost a decade, capitalism is a dirty word in French politics. But no one actually attacks capitalism by name. Instead, they use the term ultraliberalism or neoliberalism. The word liberal isnt synonymous with leftism in France like it is in North America. (For that, the French actually say leftism.) In France, liberalism is used in a more classic sense. If youre a conservative proponent of free-market economics and limited government, youre labeled a liberal in France. Or, heaven forbid, an ultraliberal.

Based on the way the current presidential front-runners are using the term ultraliberal to vilify each other, youd think that the most important thing in this election is to convince French voters that the nanny state will persist at any cost.

The candidate who comes closest to being a free-market proponent is independent Emmanuel Macron. During his mandate as minister of economy, industry and digital affairs, Macron was responsible for the entrepreneur-friendly law for growth, activity and equality of economic opportunities but backed off the idea of bumping the French workweek back up to 40 hours from the current 35 hours.

National Front leader Marine Le Pen constantly hammers Macron for his free-market worldview. In economic matters we know what he wants, Le Pen said. It is ultraliberalism, it is death to the poor.

Yes, there are actually French citizens who believe that their woes are caused by too much capitalism. I challenge Le Pen to show me how true free-market capitalism has failed the French. Im guessing that any example would involve socialism or corporatism that is, government involvement in capitalist efforts.

Meanwhile, former French Prime Minister Francois Fillon of the Republican Party is already hamstrung with a Thatcherite label, as if it were an insult. Fillons foes attacked him for suggesting that health insurers compete for business, and for a proposal focusing universal public insurance on serious or long-term illnesses, and private insurance on the rest. He eventually pulled this proposal from his platform. Some French citizens are taxed half of their income for social security and health care, yet the system reimburses little beyond serious illness. Still, no politician has shown the backbone to force the government monopoly to compete with private insurers, as is the case elsewhere in Europe.

French politicians always seem justify their highly expensive existence by convincing voters that the solution to their problems is more government management. Le Pen has been on the campaign trail promoting an upgrade to the socialist concept: the strategic state. But socialism, however strategic, is still socialism.

Le Pen is correct to argue for increased national sovereignty and border control, but her nanny-state economic policies, which vilify true capitalism and ultraliberalism, wont fix France.

The benefits of capitalism dont flow from the government down; theyre created by keeping the governments hands out of the cookie jar. No one needs the government to muck around under the guise of strategic statehood investing money that the French cant afford in things that would already be thriving if people actually wanted them. Just leave more money in taxpayers pockets and see where it ends up.

The French system of government, which is really just an updated version of the old monarchy, has always played favorites, picking winners and losers based on proximity to power. It doesnt help that power is concentrated in a single city everything outside of Paris is a power desert. Inequalities give rise to revolt, which in turn creates a need to quell it. Enter unions and taxes to give the illusion of leveling the playing field. Where is any durable wealth created for the individual in this scheme?

Under the current French system, there is no incentive for the individual to break free and create his own wealth. And the European Union, endorsed by Macron and Fillon, continues to create an economic burden. Unfortunately, there is no French presidential candidate willing to free the French people from the fiscal straitjacket in which they find themselves. Until one comes along, French presidential elections are doing little more than shuffling the deck chairs on the Titanic.

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It's always refreshing to see the truth about Cuba and Venezuela in the U.S. media. We've had our share of great "health care" stories about Cuba or movie stars embracing Hugo Chvez.

Let's thankIoan Grillo for pulling the curtain and exposing the truth about Venezuela:

In Venezuela the food lines are only the most visible evidence of a nation in free fall. Known aslas colas, the lines form before dawn and last until nightfall, several bodies thick and zigzagging for miles in leafy middle-class neighborhoods and ragged slums alike. In a country that sits atop the world's largest known petroleum reserves, hungry citizens wait on their assigned day for whatever the stores might stock: with luck, corn flour to make arepas, and on a really good day, shampoo.

"I never dreamed it would come to this," says Yajaira Gutierrez, a 41-year-old accountant, waiting her turn in downtown Caracas."That in Venezuela, with all our petroleum, we would be struggling to get corn cakes."

This is insane and makes you want to scream. It is a such a shock for those of us who knew pre-Chvez Venezuela. As I recall, it was a nation with a large middle class who loved life, talking baseball and beauty pageants. Yes, in Venezuela, they love their baseball players and all of those beautiful women who appear in the Miss Universe pageants.

For Cubans like my parents, as well as those of us who grew up here, it is like watching a horrible movie remake.

The article talks about "las colas," or the lines outside stores to buy the basic items. Or the people who cross the Colombia border to buy anything for their families. Or the repressive nature of the state. It is Cuba all over again!

President Trump has a great opportunity to put the U.S. on the side of the Venezuela people, especially all of those marchers calling for change.

I'm not talking about a military invasion. I am talking about an invasion of "ideas" and "messages" that change must come and that the U.S. does not stand with the corrupt dictatorship. It may be just what the opposition needs to bring down the Maduro regime.

In the meantime, share this article with the next clown that you see wearing a Che T-shirt.

P.S. You can listen to my show (Canto Talk) and follow meon Twitter.

It's always refreshing to see the truth about Cuba and Venezuela in the U.S. media. We've had our share of great "health care" stories about Cuba or movie stars embracing Hugo Chvez.

Let's thankIoan Grillo for pulling the curtain and exposing the truth about Venezuela:

In Venezuela the food lines are only the most visible evidence of a nation in free fall. Known aslas colas, the lines form before dawn and last until nightfall, several bodies thick and zigzagging for miles in leafy middle-class neighborhoods and ragged slums alike. In a country that sits atop the world's largest known petroleum reserves, hungry citizens wait on their assigned day for whatever the stores might stock: with luck, corn flour to make arepas, and on a really good day, shampoo.

"I never dreamed it would come to this," says Yajaira Gutierrez, a 41-year-old accountant, waiting her turn in downtown Caracas."That in Venezuela, with all our petroleum, we would be struggling to get corn cakes."

This is insane and makes you want to scream. It is a such a shock for those of us who knew pre-Chvez Venezuela. As I recall, it was a nation with a large middle class who loved life, talking baseball and beauty pageants. Yes, in Venezuela, they love their baseball players and all of those beautiful women who appear in the Miss Universe pageants.

For Cubans like my parents, as well as those of us who grew up here, it is like watching a horrible movie remake.

The article talks about "las colas," or the lines outside stores to buy the basic items. Or the people who cross the Colombia border to buy anything for their families. Or the repressive nature of the state. It is Cuba all over again!

President Trump has a great opportunity to put the U.S. on the side of the Venezuela people, especially all of those marchers calling for change.

I'm not talking about a military invasion. I am talking about an invasion of "ideas" and "messages" that change must come and that the U.S. does not stand with the corrupt dictatorship. It may be just what the opposition needs to bring down the Maduro regime.

In the meantime, share this article with the next clown that you see wearing a Che T-shirt.

P.S. You can listen to my show (Canto Talk) and follow meon Twitter.

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Michela Martinazzi of FRSO (Fight Back! News/staff)

West Chester, PA - On March 4, Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) hosted a workshop titled Socialism 101: Students, Socialism & The Revolution at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. The workshop included an introduction to socialist theory, followed by discussion on applying socialist theory to the student movement.

In the Trump era of declining capitalism and overt oppression, student organizing becomes more important than ever. Students are in the unique position where they have the ability and time to learn socialist theories while directly putting them into practice through a campus-based campaign. Plus, the world that Trump is creating is going to be left behind to the youth to fix. Students are perfectly positioned to affect expansive and rapid change, which we need now more than ever, Michela Martinazzi of FRSO said about the students role in organizing for socialism and against Trumps agenda.

The workshop reviewed socialism, Marxism-Leninism, capitalism, imperialism, national liberation of oppressed nationalities, working class struggle, organizing in the anti-war movement and organizing in the student movement.

There was much discussion on the material reality of what socialism has looked like from the past to present, analyzing anti-communist propaganda and addressing misconceptions about socialism.

While they are in school, students and youth must become anti-imperialists, and take up the struggles of the multinational working class and oppressed nationalities and put those demands in the forefront, working to advance the interests of the people and land blows against the ruling class and their cronies. said Ian Gallagher of FRSO, highlighting the importance of organizing in the student movement.

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The Robot Tax Is Just Capitalism Vs Socialism All Over Again - The Cure Is The Same Too, Competition Forbes We have a piece in The Guardian telling us all about the economics of the robot tax--it's about economics in The Guardian so of course it is actually wrong but our task is to work out why it is wrong. The problem here is that the writer doesn't ...

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